Russia is poised to edge Turkmenistan as China's largest supplier of natural gas, Russian state media agency TASS cited Gazprom as saying.Alexey Miller, CEO of the Russian government-controlled energy giant, said this will be the case once inflows from the Power of Siberia pipeline from eastern Russia to China are augmented by another 10 billion cubic meters of gas piped in via the planned Far Eastern Route.Open since late 2019, Power of Siberia provided China with some 22.
Miller also told TASS the company is to expand gas transportation capacities and reliable long-term gas supplies to consumers in Central Asia.Earlier this month, Putin concluded his state visit to China without having clinched a deal on the Power of Siberia, which would facilitate even larger gas exports if it's ever built.